7 thoughts on “Blackhawks Recall Joakim Nordstrom”

Let me do a little quick math here. 10, 81, 20, 65, 23, 52, 16, 28, 12, 86, 11, 25 = 12 forwards who I think are healthy. Then there is Handzus who didn’t play the last half of last game – but I’ve seen no announcement that he’s injured. There is also Bickell who was quoted yesterday saying he thinks he’ll play tomorrow.

So after taking the 2 best forwards away from Rockford (Pirri and Morin) when they’re in a struggle to hold onto a playoff position, now Nordstrom is called up when it appears he’s not really needed. Strange.

Zero sense in rushing Toews, Bickell or Rozsival. Thats the point of a minor league system is devloping players as needed. Its looking more and more likely the Hawks will enter the playoffs are a 5 seed and I am good with that. I would prefer that actually,…less pressure.

It did look like Sharp got dinged last game when one of his teammates (Shaw maybe?) hit a Pen player at the same time Sharp was hitting him. It looked like Sharp’s arm got hurt and although he finished the game there was one shot of him cradling it on the bench.

ER- the extra forward gives them a chance to sit Hossa, Sharp, or TT (since I still don’t think he’s getting those 10 games). They are pretty much locked into their seeding, so may as well rest them up.

JS, are you sure their seeding is “locked”? Couldn’t they still end up seeded 8th and playing the 1 seed? They could easily lose the rest of their games with all the people they have out starting with tomorrow against the Wild.